Perfect anchorage on Northern Island.

Kayaking Maine’s Outer Islands Off Tenants Harbor

8/15/2013 - Tenants Harbor is a beautiful place, and kayaking around the majestic islands that surround it is something else entirely. There's Northern, Southern, Mosquito, Seavey, High, and Clark Islands. There are small little anchorages like the Brothers, Spectacles, and Long Cove. There are magnificent houses down the shoreline of Harts Neck,… SEE MORE
TWIST, a 45-foot American lobster yacht rebuilt by South Shore Boatworks, being moved outside.

Lobster Yacht Project Enters the Home Stretch

8/13/2013 - For most boatbuilding projects, seeing the light of day is a tremendous milestone and cause for celebration. Twist, a 45-foot lobster yacht that the crew at South Shore Boatworks has been rebuilding for two years, was recently moved outside and then relocated for finishing. When completed, this American lobster yacht… SEE MORE
Day 2 of racing, southwest wind about 7 knots, a sailor rounds the first mark.

Portland Hosts Maine’s Largest Regatta Ever

8/13/2013 - I’ve heard it said that the attention span of kids between 8 and 15 years old is decreasing as modern technology, especially hand-held devices, increases. This wasn’t what I witnessed during the USODA 2013 New England Championship, held August 5-8 at SailMaine in Portland! I saw three hundred-plus, focused, highly… SEE MORE
QUEST leading the pack at Marblehead

Restored Fife Yacht Shows Well at Marblehead

8/12/2013 - The restored 1929 Fife 8m Quest, which was restored recently at French & Webb, is off to a super start to the racing season. On August 10 at Marblehead she came in third overall out of 60 classic yachts participating in the Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta, the first leg of… SEE MORE

Two Jarvis Newman Sisters at the Marblehead Town Dock

8/8/2013 - We always love having C.W. Hood projects at the dock together, and when they're both Jarvis Newman yachts, it's a match made in heaven! Lionfish, at left in this photo taken at the Marblehead town dock, is a Jarvis Newman 46 built in 1978 by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company. She was… SEE MORE
SEMINOLE, a classic 1916 Lawley yawl, preparing for the start.

Eggemoggin Reach Regatta Gathers the Classics

8/7/2013 - Every summer, the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta draws classic wooden yachts from near and far to Center Harbor, home to WoodenBoat, Brooklin Boatyard, and a variety of other marine craftsmen who have made Brooklin the (self-proclaimed) "boatbuilding capital of the world." The 2013 event delivered a little bit of everything: light… SEE MORE